The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdoms focus on airborne locations and traversal mean Hyrules avian Rito people have a bright future.
After years of anticipation Nintendo finally revealed the title for Breath of the Wilds sequel during a September 2022 Direct. The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is set to release in May 2023 assuming no further delays and its latest teaser leans into the airborne potential of floating islands by showing Link dive onto a mysterious glider. While the terrestrial races of Hyrule will have to use new methods to explore, this may be a great excuse to give the Rito more prominence.
In Breath of the Wild, Link can run straight toward Hyrule Castle and battle Calamity Ganon after completing the Great Plateau. Yet the in universe narrative clearly intends for Link to rescue each of Hyrules four major races the Zora Goron Rito and Gerudo from corruption afflicting their Divine Beasts. Tears of the Kingdoms past trailers have highlighted the Master Sword suggesting it is also canon that Link collects his legendary blade which means Hyrules residents will all need brand new challenges to tackle. The flying Rito will undoubtedly have the easiest time adapting to their changed surroundings.
The likely reason for this is because The Wind Waker establishes the Rito as descendants of the Zora specifically in the Adult era of Ocarina of Time following Links victory against Ganondorf. The Rito should only exist in one branch of the Zelda timeline and Links companion Medli is shown to be a blood relative of the Zora sage Laruto. Though it seems counterintuitive for aquatic characters to evolve into birds as a result of the world flooding the Ritos capacity for flight makes them better equipped to visit individual islands across the Great Sea as mail carriers.
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